Smashboards (originally known asSmash World Forums) is an online forum centered on games from theSuper Smash Bros. series, founded in 2002. The community hosts discussions of techniques, news, and professional competition of theSuper Smash Bros. games and is used to announceSmash tournaments. Users on the website also discuss tournament rules and createtier lists that rank playable characters in all five games of theSuper Smash Bros. series.
Smashboards was founded in 2002 as Smash World by Ricky "Gideon" Tilton.[1] It went on to become one of the largest independent competitive gaming communities in the world.[2]
In September 2008,Major League Gaming acquired Smashboards.com,[3] and in November 2012, Chris "AlphaZealot" Brown, one of the site's moderators, purchased the site from Major League Gaming.[4]
In 2011, the site's forums were used to collaborate on auser-made PC version ofSuper Smash Bros. (1999), titledSuper Smash Land.[5] Additionally, players frequently discuss the rankings for playable characters and the administrators release forum posts of officialtier lists. These lists are generally accepted among community members.[6]
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